Results for "piano"

Greg Sankovich

Jonathan Sanson

Jonathan Sanson is a professional musician with over forty years experience. Playing music from Texas to Maine via California and Alaska with gigs at all points in.” between, he has performed at all types of venues from county fairs to local blues dives, from elegant ballrooms to backyard ballrooms. He is equally at ease with bankers and bikers, politicians and poets. Jonathan can provide the sophisticated background to complement the most prestigious soiree or he can kick out the jams at a wild throw down. His original music is an amalgam of jazz, blues, r&b, soul, cajun, swamp, zydeco, folk and country with a little Monty Python thrown in for good measure. Jonathan is an alumni of Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts and a former student of world famous jazz educator Charlie Banacos and industry favorite songwriting teacher Pat Pattison.

David Shenton

Born: June 12, 1975

DAVID SHENTON is one of the most versatile and in demand musicians today. David studied violin and piano at the Royal College of Music in London from where he graduated with the highest of honours. David taught himself jazz piano in 1998 after hearing Oscar Peterson playing on the radio and began studying with jazz master Garry Dial after moving to NYC. His love of jazz is equal to that of his love of classical music. David’s proficiency of jazz was fully recognized when he was asked to open for the legendary Tony Bennett at the St. George Theatre, New York. In April 2007 David was awarded the prestigious Back Stage Bistro Award for best piano player/entertainer in New York. David recorded his first solo piano jazz album of original pieces, “Sunnyside Blues”, which won accolades from critics and was runner-up for the National Grand Finals of the DiscMakers/Billboard Magazine IMWS competition. David has worked as an orchestrator/arranger for Abbey Road & CTS Studios (London), Hollywood movies, West End, Broadway & Off-Broadway shows and for British TV celebrity Jools Holland’s Rhythm and Blues Orchestra

Aleksandar Jovanovic Schljuka

Born: May 4, 1978

Pianist, keyboardist, composer, born in 1978 in Zajecar (Serbia). He began to study piano at six in the music school "Stevan Mokranjac" in Zajecar, but after a few years he leaves classical music education and continues to explore different musical genres and styles. In 1998 he started his professionall music career, and in 1999 he formed the Alegorian Jazz Band, which brings back jazz music to Zaječar music scene after years of break. Since 2004 he performs with Coolares band and as a solo pianist, working with many prominent musicians in Serbia and Montenegro. He presents his original work for the first time as a composer with the Woodcock Group, at successful concert performance at the finals of Umbria Jazz Balkanic Windows competition in 2009 in Belgrade

Mike Eckroth

Mike Eckroth pianist and keyboardist, is a native of Phoenix Arizona and currently resides in Jackson Heights, NY. He is currently completing his PhD degree in jazz performance at NYU as well as leading and co-leading a number of projects in varied genres of music. Michael is currently preparing for release the album Piano and Rhythm with a cast of New York latin greats. Recently the group La Voz De Tres released the album Sueños Y Delirios. In recent years, Michael has participated in a number of recordings- including the first self-titled La Voz De Tres album, Ron McClure Quartet "Crunch Time", Travis Sullivan Quartet "New Directions", Greg Diamond "Shift", a live DVD filmed in Brazil with Paul McCandless and Alieksey Vianna, "Ebano", DEFtrio's debut album "Bushwicked", Kenny Shanker Quartet's "Steppin' Up", Giuseppe Milici's "Amarsi Un Po", Afromantra's "This Side of Mestisaje", Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra's "Bloom", as well as the Chulo Records albums "Melaza" and "Peliroja"

Atanas Valkov

Born in 1982 in Burgas (Bulgaria), he is the winner of several awards and acclaims including 1st place in Berlinale 7th BTC Score Competition and a scholarship from the Berklee College of Music. He recieved his classical music education at P.S.M I and II level in Lublin and at the Katowice Music Academy with the specialization in jazz (piano, vibraphone, marimba and percussion instruments). He produced electronic music. For the French outfit Mad’House he recorded several singles and published numerous other artists’ remixes (including “Like a prayer” by Madonna and “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees)

John Harriman

John Harriman is a jazz pianist and composer/arranger. He plays with a range of musicians and vocalists and is the bandleader of quintet Heads South www.headssouth.com John's life in music began at the age of 7 as a chorister in Westminster Cathedral Choir in London. He rose to become Head Chorister of the Choir and was featured soloist on radio and TV in the UK and abroad. He performed and sang for the Royal Opera and toured with the Royal Opera Group. Having trained as a classical pianist, John became interested in jazz in his teens. He lived for many years in California where he was an active participant in the music scene and attended Dick Grove Music Workshops in Los Angeles, one of the first 'jazz' schools

Llew Matthews

John Harkins

Since coming to Australia nearly 25 years ago, Harkins, a Chicagoan and a product of the great Chicago/Detroit Jazz piano tradition, (think Tommy Flanagan, Barry Harris, Kirk Lightsey, Geri Allen among many), has established himself in the front rank of the local Sydney Jazz scene. John is what’s known as a hard swinger, possessing great time and exciting drive, effortlessly taking the listener on the musical journey he is creating. It’s an exciting ride but Harkins also brings rich colours and deep emotion to his playing. Bebop based players can sometimes be accused of creating solos that are technical exercises, impressing the listener but not making them want more

Burak Bedikyan

Born: February 6, 1978

A native of Istanbul, Bedikyan became interested in Jazz during high school with the commitment and passion to pursue a career as a professional musician. Formal music education began in 1996 with distinguished Turkish pianist & composer Aydin Esen where studies included modern harmony and jazz improvisation. Bedikyan attended the "Marmara University Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences" in the same year. While studying improvisational music, Bedikyan began explanding his harmonic base playing pop and rock gigs accompanying some of the leading popular figures of Turkey. In 2002 Burak Bedikyan received a full merit-based scholarship of music performance from the "Istanbul Bilgi University Jazz Department" where he had the opportunity to study with esteemed musicians such as Donovan Mixon, Ricky Ford, Can Kozlu, Ali Perret, Tuna Otenel, and Imer Demirer